Tom, In the past I’ve used TimeMachine exclusively, it has worked flawlessly. If a program will not work on the new computer it won’t transfer, the icons in the Dock will be grayed out.
Once the transfer is complete & you use preferences to choose the same TimeMachine for the iMac you will be ask to approve the change & it will do a complete backup of the new one. I guess if the restore was good & you knew the new box was complete you could format TimeMachine & then do the first complete backup. There may be a better way , this is how I’ve done it. Enjoy your new system!! John. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 31, 2018, at 9:34 PM, tom holloman <chuba...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Aloha all. Need advice. > Getting a new 27 in imac tomorrow. I have time capsule that has been backing > up the Mac mini. > Am I better off using time capsule to start new machine or just transfer > directly from Mac mini > Also before using time machine with new system should I erase it? > Mahalo > Tom > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > Archive: > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mail-2Darchive.com_macgroup-40erdos.math.louisville.edu_&d=DwIFaQ&c=OAG1LQNACBDguGvBeNj18Swhr9TMTjS-x4O_KuapPgY&r=F2GFXrjLFqVo3VwvIlo_XYeEiRRjHv15rxcenz7A21woG2aFGcrzndoSsskxfmOs&m=6B1lsun6PHdULcJ40pkRGDet4UZ7MD2BtQfZGc6spRY&s=JbD5zFIWVDbDNuweBM34xyMQHp97lfXKiwiwcQco7pw&e=> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macgroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu/> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
